Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Iowa Global Warming will host a free screening of "The 11th Hour," a documentary about ecological threats on the planet, to be shown in West Des Moines Monday night.
In interviews with Iowa Independent this week, several delegates discussed the tough choices they may have to make at Saturday’s county convention.
Oak woodlands, tall-grass prairies and wetlands are the focus of Connie Mutel’s new book, “The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa.” She is the featured speaker at an event Tuesday in Iowa City.
Videos from Karl Rove’s appearance at the University of Iowa are below the fold, including part of Rove’s talk.
More photos from the event are below the fold.
Have you ever dreamed of winning the lottery? What would you do with the money? Keep it? Give it away? What if you inherited a million dollars? Would you travel? Would you buy a house in a warmer climate and start a neighborhood tutoring center? That’s what former Iowa Citian Jamie Schweser did. Schweser, the [...]
Ever wondered about the intricacies of legislating on Iowa’s capitol hill? We talked to Rep. Tyler Olson, D-Cedar Rapids about them in the context of the bill to ban smoking in public places, which he floor-managed.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has denied Missouri-based LS Power and subsidiary Elk Run Energy their construction permit for a coal plant in Waterloo Thursday because of “failure to meet an administrative requirement.” Air Quality Bureau Chief Catharine Fitzsimmons told the Iowa Independent that her office “turned the application back to the applicant because [...]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is predicting record high prices at the gas pump this year. In their February fuel-price survey issued yesterday, they noted that a continued climb in crude prices is keeping gas prices above $3 a gallon. DNR Program Planner Jim Bodensteiner said that “lowered demand and strong inventories” won’t [...]
As he shepherds and tracks several energy bills being funneled to committees in the state Legislature before next week’s cutoff date, Sen Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, praised Gov. Chet Culver’s energy policies: “Governor Culver has done an outstanding job on his advocacy for what he calls the next-generation energy economy … There might be some [...]
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